Oh ok. I see this is how it is supposed to work now, so we're fine. Thanks for the help Alex
On 5/1/09, Manoj Srivastava <sriva...@acm.org> wrote: > On Fri, May 01 2009, Alex Goebel wrote: > >> Hi >> >>>> Still broken in 12.012, had to generate initrd by hand (mkinitrd). >>> >>> kernel-package no longer does initrd generation. User scripts >>> do. >> >> Oh ok I always thought the (initial) initrd is included in the deb >> package, but I see it's not. > > No, initrd images have always been calculated on the target > machine -- this is how it knows what modules to include in the > initramfs. > >> >>> Well, that piece of code is provided by the user. Well, what do >>> you have in /etc/kernel? >>> find /etc/kernel -type f -ls >>> Based on the answer to that, we might discover what needs to be >>> changed. >> >> There are two files: >> 335214 4 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 220 Feb 17 06:42 >> /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools >> 335224 4 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 264 Feb 17 06:42 >> /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools > > Which are provided by the tool, initramfs-tools. > >> The postinst one contains >> >> #!/bin/sh >> >> # passing the kernel version is required >> [ -z "$1" ] && exit 0 >> >> # kernel-package passes an extra arg; hack to not run under kernel-package >> [ -z "$2" ] || exit 0 >> > > And this version explicitly does not support kernel-package > images. > >> # we're good - create initramfs. update runs do_bootloader >> update-initramfs -c -t -k "$1" >> >> No idea whether that is 100% correct. Is is the current >> initramfs-tools in unstable. > > And so, you have not got anything that tells the postinst that > you want an initrd generated. > > If you are running unstable, update to the latest > kernel-package, and read up on /usr/share/doc/kernel-package/README.gz > > >> Interestingly, the update-grub (or so) must have worked, because after >> installation of the kernel image, the new kernel appeared in menu.lst >> (albeit without initrd). > > What you need to do is look into the example hook script in > /usr/share/kernel-package/examples/etc/kernel/ and copy over what you > want into /etc/kernel > > You also want to read the NEWS.Debian file there, espescilly if > you are following Sid. > > manoj > -- > Disobedience: The silver lining to the cloud of servitude. Ambrose > Bierce > Manoj Srivastava <sriva...@acm.org> <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> > 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
